Balangan Regency is one of the regencies in the

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South Kalimantan South Kalimantan ( id, Kalimantan Selatan) is a province of Indonesia. It is the smallest province in Kalimantan, the Indonesian territory of Borneo. The provincial capital was Banjarmasin until 15 February 2022 when it was legally moved to B ...

. It was created on 25 February 2003 from what were previously the eastern districts of North Hulu Sungai Regency. It now covers an area of 1,828.51 km², and had a population of 112,430 at the 2010 Census and 130,355 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 134,512, consisting of 67,958 males and 66,554 females. The capital is Paringin. Motto: "''Sanggam''" ( Banjarese), also an

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for "''Sanggup Bagawi Gasan Masyarakat''" (Banjarese="Willing To Work for the Sake of the People").

Administrative Districts

Balangan Regency consists of eight

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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and population totals from the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates for mid 2022.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023. The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 154 rural ''desa'' and 3 urban ''kelurahan''), and its postal codes. Notes: (a) except the villages of Mangkayahu (postcode of 71614) and Layap (postcode of 71616). (a) except the villages of Bungin (postcode of 71617) and Batu Piring (postcode of 71618).

Climate

Paringin, the seat of the regency has a

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(Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.

References

External links

* Regencies of South Kalimantan {{SKalimantan-geo-stub